"Scathach. Scathach. Scathach!" Everett whispered, leaning over the slight, sleeping figure of Scathach. The pillow wall had been pushed over during the night, and the two of them had fallen asleep. Scathach was curled up in a ball on her side of the bed, facing him. Her eyes slowly opened, saw his face and slid shut again in annoyance.
"What?"
"We've got to leave in ten minutes"
"What?!" She sat up and rubbed her eyes.
"Yeah, hurry."
"The shadowrealm is half and hour's walk from here" Nicholas stated as they made their way down the street. The four of them had left at 5am.
"Then what?" Everett asked.
"Then we follow Scathach's directions to the cave, find the gem, return it to Gorgiious and go home without upsetting Hekate or the Torc Alta" Perenelle answered.
"Wait, how does Scathach know where the caves are?"
"Hekate took me along to the caves when she hid it. She needed Next Generation blood to open the entrance"
"Right"
Twenty minutes later, they had reached a bridge.
"Leygates make me feel sick" Scatty muttered as the four of them walked through the wall. When they came out the other side, their surroundings changed from a dirty sidewalk to a red rock cliff. The sky was red and purple and there was red dust everywhere. Scatty's world spin around her as she felt a wave of nausea fall over her. She stumbled and tripped, leaning over the drop. She was about to fall over the edge when she felt strong arms take hold of her waist and pull her back. She held onto their torso for dear life as she was pulled up and over the fall. Even when she felt the ground beneath her knees, she didn't let go until she had stopped shaking. She eventually opened her eyes and looked up to see Everett's blue eyes wide with worry.
"I'm fine"
"You sure?"
"Yep"
As he pulled her to her feet, she took in her surroundings. It looked exactly the same as it had the last time she had been there. She turned back to the group and shivered. She didn't like being back here.
"Let's go"